Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1887-04-14
OGDEN CITY.
General Notes.

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River country in which he is largely
interested, the best of them being the
ldahoan, which has already yielded re-
wards for the enterprise and capital
therein invested.
Orson Riser, having leased the whole
building in which the Wagner Beer
Saloon is located, is making important
improvements. A commodious stairway
on the south side of the beer hall leads
to the second story, which is being con-
verted into a billiard hall, where four
tables will be in operation in couple of
weeks.
A timer was fined $12 in Justice Dee's
Court on Wednesday for disturbing the
peace. He rustled up the money.
The Star Baseball Club is geeting into
ready trim for the seasons bouts. A. T.
Hestmark has proven an efficient and
iudicious captain in the past and will
again prove fit leader in the national
game.
The quarterly conference of the Weber
Stake OF Zion will be held next Saturday
and Sunday in the Ogden Tabernacle.
John Hamer is receiving the congratu-
lations of his friends, for he is a bene-
dict, having on Tuesday been united in
the holy bonds of matrimony by Judge
/. w. Shurtliff to Miss Nellie Jones, the
amiable daughter of our popular towns
man. Thos. w. Jones. The wedding was
quiet. strictly a family affair, but none
the less joyful The DEMOCRAT extends
sincere wishes for undimmed happiness
to the new couple.
County Assessor Hyrum Belknap left
this morning with stock for his ranch in
Idaho.
City Assessor Il. Ballantyne is going
the rounds Of town, taking down the
value of the peoples property, in which
pursuit he is manifesting a remarkable
and laudable impartiality. Said he in
the case of an old widow, given out as
poor: 81 have to do my duty and assess.
Arbitrariness has been going on long
enough. Let the City Council remit the
taxes. am to assess the property"
Several people in the Bench (or Mob
HID part of town are complaining about
a disease which is making sad ravages
among the chickens. The fowls attacked
by the ailment will show whitish-yel-
low secretion of Shiny substance in the
throat, drop the head and expire in few
hours. Numbers of egg-producers have
had to be killed the past few days for
this reason. Who knows remedy?
Mr.. j. j. Reeve is still confined to his
bed, suffering from the after-efects of
the eXcision of tumor from the lower
part OF his body, which was performed
hry H. -
sisted by DIR. j. r. Richards of Salt Lake
and our DIR. John d. Carnahan. Still, he
is out of danger.
Don't forget the Pleasant Hour Clubs
ball tomorrow night. The "boys'' will
make everyone comfortable.
"What is the city council going to do
on Friday with the Fourth Street closing
business" is the universal query. "And
how about the moving of Weber bridge ?'
is still another poser. Who lives long
enough will find out.
While calcimining a ceiling in his blue
front lodging house on Fifth street the /
other day, w. s. Lewis came near losing |
his right eye, the only optic left him,
these last twenty and odd years. Some |
hot line fell upon his face from above and !
nearly blinded him. As it is. the upper
lid is injured.
There are yet few hours to join the
Chamber OF Commerce organizers who
will elect the thirteen directors at to-
nights public meeting. Let all roll up
their sleeves and roll up a long and
strong list of members. Then the car of
progress will roll up also.
I'll lights OF Pythias are to give an
9TH liable on Friday night in their
ele, d, and spacious hall.
LIST Sunday DR.. Brick, assisted by DR..
ii. J. Powers, relieved a 15-year-old son
of Mr.. Tracy, of Marriott's settlement,
of enjrapion (burning-in of the eyelids).
The lad would take no anaesthetics but
stool the painful and delicate operation
like a courageous man. He is about all
well now.
J. J. Fry and wife have returned from
1 pleasant trip to Salt Lake City, the
'ustic pleasure of which was not marred
wen by Saturday nights storm and
squall
Joseph A. West has leased the first
wo stories of ID. II. Perry's brick block
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I'D Publishing Company. knowing ones
zee in this move quite appropriate APP
Droach to the county court house whether
he Jovian thunderbolts of the church
'rgan are forged.
Said Joseph A. West, Alderman and
engineer, to The DEMOCRAT man yester-
lay, being accosted by the latter on the
idewalk, "Well, sir, we are doing nicely
With the Board of Trade We will have
It least seventy-five members at the
Meeting on Thursday night" The re-
'orter expressing his satisfied and graft
led establishment at the public spirited
attitude of the co-religionists of Mr.. West,
considering the cold wather douches by
he Salt Lake Mormon press, the gentle
nan named spoke up: "You see, our
owe of the country is greater than our
latred of the children of men," This
ras uttered with jocose smile of signif- S
ant good nature. 1t is a positive sign :
II sensible goaheadative business men
q Ogden first look out for the common
rogress and general prosperity Of the
junction CITY.
H. F. Hapgood, stockman, is at the
'hapnan House. This reminds me OF
story told by Zeb Jacobs, of the Utah
'entral, on a passenger last week. Said =
assenger was sitting opposite lady
Tho was holding lovely baby on her =
up. The gallant passenger would dandle
nd fondle the infant, plsyfully pinching
S chubby legs. Came the conductor
rom the rear: Tickets, please" Mr..
assenger turning around with his ticket
4 one hand, the lady quietly, and slightly
flushing, remarked: "Sir, but you are